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The Canalta Hotels AJHL Player of the Week is Scout Truman of the Drumheller Dragons. The 17 year-old forward scored 3 goals and recorded 6 points in three games from December 9th ? 15th, and earned his fifth Viterra AJHL Star of the Game award.
Scout Truman (Lethbridge, AB) scored a goal and an assist in each of the Dragons? three games last week, starting with a 5-4 loss to the Camrose Kodiaks on Tuesday night. Truman scored a goal and assisted on the game winner in a 3-1 win over the Calgary Canucks on Friday and repeated the same performance in a 5-2 win over the Canmore Eagles on Saturday. Truman was awarded as the Viterra AJHL Star of the Game in Saturday?s victory.
The UMass-Lowell commit is third in team scoring with 31 points (17G, 14A). Truman and the Dragons are third in the Viterra AJHL South Division standings at 19-13-3.
Bonnyville Pontiacs goaltender Easton Hesse is the Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week after posting a 3-0 record in three games versus North Division opponents.
The 19-year old goalie posted a 2.13 GAA and .927 save percentage while recording three consecutive wins for the Pontiacs to build on a four-game win streak. Hesse was selected as the Viterra AJHL Star of the Game in a 6-4 win over Lloydminster on Wednesday with 28 saves. The Leduc, AB native stopped 30 of 31 shots on goal Friday night to defeat Drayton Valley 5-1. Hesse then closed the week with a 4-3 victory versus Fort McMurray Sunday afternoon.
Easton Hesse is third among AJHL goaltenders with a .918 SV% and sixth overall with a 2.65 GAA. He holds a record of 20-8-2 following his first 30 games of the regular season. This is Hesse?s second Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week award in 2019-2020, the first coming the week of September 23rd-29th.
The Bonnyville Pontiacs are third in the Viterra AJHL North Division standings at 24-9-2.
Canalta Hotels AJHL Player of the Week Recipients:
- September 13-15, 2019 – Cody Laskosky, Camrose Kodiaks
- September 16-22, 2019 – Arjun Atwal, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- September 23-29, 2019 – Carter Savoie, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- September 30-October 6, 2019 – Alex Young, Canmore Eagles
- October 7-13, 2019 – Randy Hernández, Brooks Bandits
- October 14-20, 2019 – Connor Lyons, Canmore Eagles
- October 21-27, 2019 – Zafir Rawji, Olds Grizzlys
- October 28 – November 3, 2019: Randy Hernández, Brooks Bandits
- November 4-10, 2019: Jakob Lee, Brooks Bandits
- November 11-17, 2019: Jack Works, Okotoks Oilers
- November 18-24, 2019: Alex Young, Canmore Eagles
- November 25-December 1, 2019: Eric Martin, Drumheller Dragons
- December 2-8, 2019: Graham Gamache, Spruce Grove Saints
- December 9-15, 2019: Scout Truman, Drumheller Dragons
Alberta Ford Dealers AJHL Defensive Player of the Week:
- September 13-15, 2019 – Matt Davis, Spruce Grove Saints
- September 16-22, 2019 – Kaeden Lane, Grande Prairie Storm
- September 23-29, 2019 – Easton Hesse, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- September 30-October 6, 2019 – Michael Benning, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- October 7-13, 2019 – Tim Rego, Brooks Bandits
- October 14-20, 2019 – Ashton Abel, Okotoks Oilers
- October 21-27, 2019 – Kabore Dunn, Fort McMurray Oil Barons
- October 28 – November 3, 2019: Carter Gylander, Sherwood Park Crusaders
- November 4-10, 2019: Ashton Abel, Okotoks Oilers
- November 11-17, 2019: Eric Ward, Drayton Valley Thunder
- November 18-24, 2019: Ethan Edwards, Spruce Grove Saints
- November 25-December 1, 2019: Jeremy Gervais, Bonnyville Pontiacs
- December 2-8, 2019: Pierce Charleson, Brooks Bandits
- December 9-15, 2019: Easton Hesse, Bonnyville Pontiacs